1992 Ukrainian Transitional League

Ukrainian Transitional League
Season	1992
Champions	Dnister Zalischyky (Group 1); Bazhanovets Makiivka (Group 2)
Top goalscorer	11 - Oleh Vetrov (Bazhanovets Makiivka)
	← 1991 1992–93 (Second); 1992–93 (Transitional) →

The 1992 Ukrainian Transitional League was the first season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. After this season the Transitional League has split into Second League (3rd tier) and Transitional League (4th tier). The competition was divided into two groups according to geographical location in the country – 1 is western Ukraine and northeastern Ukraine, while 2 is eastern Ukraine and southern Ukraine. The season stretched from April 4, 1992, through July 4, 1992.

Organization

After the fall of the Soviet Union of January 1, 1992, there were many Ukrainian clubs that participated in all tiers of the Soviet League system. Most of them were organized into pools for the Supreme (I tier) and the First (II tier) leagues of Ukraine. The participants of those two leagues also were included into the 1992 Ukrainian Cup competition.

The Supreme League of Ukraine composed of the groups included all six Ukrainian clubs of the Soviet Supreme League, both Ukrainian clubs of the Soviet First League, and most of the Ukrainian clubs (9) except the last two of the West Zone of the Soviet Second League also known as the Buffer League to differentiate it from the Soviet Lower Second League (B). Also to the Supreme League of Ukraine were admitted the top two teams of the Ukrainian Zone of the Soviet Lower Second League and the winner of the cup winner of the Ukrainian SSR (competed in the Ukrainian Zone of the Soviet Lower Second League).

The last two teams of the Buffer League and the 20 of 24 teams of the Ukrainian Zone of the Soviet Lower Second League organized the First League of Ukraine which as the Supreme consisted of two groups. The league also included the top three teams of the KFK competitions (Amateur competitions) of the Ukrainian SSR, while Dynamo, Chornomorets, and Shakhtar were allowed to introduce their second teams to the league.

The bottom three teams of the Ukrainian Zone of the Soviet Lower Second League were considered officially eliminated. They were, however, along with other top teams of the KFK competition organized into the semi-amateur Transitional League (or Transfer League) composed of 18 teams that were split into two groups geographically, Group 1 - West and North, Group 2 - East and South. The clubs that in 1992 competed in the Transfer League did not participate in the Ukrainian Cup. Upon the conclusion of the season the league would split into the 3rd tier Second League and the 4th tier Transitional League. The top four club from each group would qualify for the Second League, while the bottom five from each group would organize the next season's Transitional League.

Composition

Team	Location	Venue	League and position in 1991		Coach
Okean	Kerch	50ti-richia Zhovtnia Stadium	Soviet Second League "B"	24	Oleksiy Yakymovych
Zirka	Kirovohrad	Zirka Stadium		25	Mykola Fedorenko
Mayak	Kharkiv	KhTZ Stadium		26	Mykola Machula
Lysonya	Berezhany	Nyva Stadium	Ukrainian KFK competitions	2.1	Anatoliy Venhrynovych
Tytan	Armyansk	Khimik Stadium		4.1	Eduard Fedin
Antratsyt	Kirovske	Yubileiny Stadium		5.1	Yuriy Klokov
Andezyt	Khust	Avanhard Stadium		1.2	Karlo Soikov
Dnister	Zalishchyky	Dnister Stadium		2.2	Petro Chervin
Yavir	Krasnopillya	Kolos Stadium		3.2	Volodymyr Bohach Mykola Astafiev
Meliorator	Kakhovka	Avanhard Stadium		4.2	Volodymyr Spiridonov
Prometei	Shakhtarsk	Shakhtar Stadium		5.2	Yuriy Vankevych
Hirnyk	Khartsyzk	Kanatchyk Stadium		6.2	Oleksandr Slyusarenko
Hazovyk	Komarno	Hazovyk Stadium		1.3	Volodymyr Zhuravchak
Promin	Sambir	Spartak Stadium		2.3	Yaroslav Khomyn
Druzhba	Berdyansk	Torpedo Stadium		3.3	Mykola Lyutyi
More	Prymorskyi	Albatross Stadium		4.3	Yuriy Naurzokov
Bazhanovets	Makiivka	Bazhanovets Stadium		5.3	Viktor Pyshchov
Elektron	Romny	Elektron Stadium		6.3	Oleksandr Kvasha

Notes:

Positions in the table for KFK competitions are shown in format #.# where the first digit represents a group # and the second digit is the actual final position in the 1991 KFK competitions that consisted of six groups.
Lysonya played few games in Khodoriv, Lviv Oblast at the Tsukrovyk Stadium. Lysonia Berezhany was previously known as Nyva Berezhany
Promin most of his games in Sambir, some - at the Kolos Stadium in Volia Baranetska.
Bazhanovets played some games at the Avanhard Stadium.
More played all its games in Prymorskyi
Mayak changed its name to Olympik
Druzhba played all its games in Berdyansk

Location map

Antratsyt

Locations of team home grounds in the 1992 Ukrainian Second League

— Group 1

— Group 2

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Dnister Zalishchyky	16	8	5	3	15	13	+2	21	Second League
2	Hazovyk Komarne	16	8	4	4	24	17	+7	20
3	Yavir Krasnopillia	16	8	4	4	21	19	+2	20
4	Zirka Kirovohrad	16	8	3	5	35	24	+11	19
5	Andezyt Khust	16	7	4	5	23	22	+1	18	Transitional League
6	Olympik Kharkiv	16	5	5	6	23	26	−3	15
7	Elektron Romny	16	5	2	9	22	29	−7	12
8	Lysonia Berezhany	16	2	6	8	14	21	−7	10
9	Promin Sambir Raion^[a]	16	1	7	8	22	28	−6	9

Source: uafootball.net.ua
Notes:

^ Promin Sambir Raion initially was from a village of the Sambir Raion, Volia Baranetska in Lviv Oblast. Several years later the club moved to Sambir.

Top goalscorers

	Scorer	Goals (Pen.)	Team
1	Vitaliy Pushkutsa	11 (3)	Olympik Kharkiv
2	Volodymyr Snylyk	9 (5)	Hazovyk Komarno
3	Vitaliy Skysh	6 (5)	Zirka Kirovohrad

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Bazhanovets Makiivka	16	10	3	3	25	8	+17	23	Second League
2	Titan Armyansk	16	8	5	3	19	10	+9	21
3	Meliorator Kakhovka	16	8	5	3	21	16	+5	21
4	Druzhba Osypenko^[a]	16	5	11	0	17	8	+9	21
5	Prometei Shakhtarsk	16	8	4	4	27	10	+17	20	Transitional League
6	Okean Kerch	16	6	5	5	16	10	+6	17
7	Hirnyk Khartsyzk	16	4	1	11	10	33	−23	9
8	Antratsyt Kirovske	16	2	3	11	15	32	−17	7
9	More Feodosia	16	1	3	12	2	25	−23	5

Source: uafootball.net.ua
Notes:

^ Osypenko is a village in Berdyansk Raion, a suburb of Berdyansk.

Top goalscorers

	Scorer	Goals (Pen.)	Team
1	Oleh Vietrov	11 (4)	Bazhanovets Makiivka
2	Serhiy Cherepanov	8 (2)	Prometei Shakhtarsk
3	Oleh Holubiev	6	Antratsyt Kirovske
3	Oleksandr Pikalov	6 (4)	Dnister Zalishchyky

Number of teams by region

Number	Region	Team(s)
4	Donetsk Oblast	Hirnyk Khartsyzk, FC Antratsyt, Bazhanovets Makiivka, Prometei Shakhtarsk
3	Crimea	Tytan Armyansk, More Feodosia, Okean Kerch
2	Lviv Oblast	Hazovyk Komarno, Promin Volia Baranetska
	Sumy Oblast	Yavir Krasnopillia, Elektron Romny
	Ternopil Oblast	Dnister Zalishchyky, Lysonia Berezhany
1	Kharkiv Oblast	Olimpik Kharkiv
	Kherson Oblast	Meliorator Kakhovka
	Kirovohrad Oblast	Zirka Kirovohrad
	Zakarpattia Oblast	Andezyt Khust
	Zaporizhia Oblast	Druzhba Berdyansk